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Taxonomy
Family:
AUSTROSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Austrosiphonidae (Family)
> Penion (Genus)
> chathamensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austrosipho Cossmann, 1906
=Austrosipho (Verconella) Iredale, 1914
=Berylsma Iredale, 1924
=Largisipho Iredale, 1929
=Verconella Iredale, 1914
Synonymised Names:
=Austrosipho (Verconella) chathamensis Powell, 1938
=Penion fairfieldae (Powell, 1947)
=Verconella fairfieldae Powell, 1947
Images: Penion chathamensis (Powell, 1938)
A deep-water species from the Chatham Rise, NZ. 203mm
Trawled in deep water off Tairoa Heads, Otago, NZ. 125mm
Taxonomy
Family:
AUSTROSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Austrosiphonidae (Family)
> Penion (Genus)
> chathamensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austrosipho Cossmann, 1906
=Austrosipho (Verconella) Iredale, 1914
=Berylsma Iredale, 1924
=Largisipho Iredale, 1929
=Verconella Iredale, 1914
Synonymised Names:
=Austrosipho (Verconella) chathamensis Powell, 1938
=Penion fairfieldae (Powell, 1947)
=Verconella fairfieldae Powell, 1947
Details: Penion chathamensis (Powell, 1938)
Size/Grows to:
Height 244mm, Width 106mm
Distribution:
Chatham Rise to Chatham Islands, trawled around 400-450 metres
Geographical Range:
FME.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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